NO029
Lovunden


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year[s] of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica VU breeding (2014) 30,000 pairs A4ii, B1ii, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds n/a breeding (2014) 30,000 pairs A4iii

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2002 Lovunda/Lundeura Naturreservat (Ia) 5

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Neritic -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
unknown -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lovunden (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lovunden-iba-norway on 05/12/2024.